Konstanty Kozlowski

Konstanty "Koscik" Kozlowski (1889-1941) was a Polish farmer who helped the Bielski Otriad in hiding Jews during World War II. He was hanged by Belarusian collaborators for his assistance of the partisans.

Biography
Konstanty Kozlowski was born in 1889 in eastern Congress Poland, Russian Empire (in present-day Belarus), and he owned a farm near the Lipczynska Forest (Naliboki Forest) for years. He lived a peaceful life, and he was friends with some Jews, including the Bielski family. In 1941, he gave shelter to fleeing Jews as Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union, hiding a few of them in his barn. Kozlowski gave Tuvia Bielski a pistol and four shots so that he could avenge his father's death by assassinating Ivan Bernicki, the Belarusian auxiliary police chief. Kozlowski gave the sheltered Jews over to Bielski to take care of in the forest, and his assistance of the Bielski partisans would eventually lead to him being killed and hanged by Belarusian collaborators.